[Scribus] Question on the Insert menu in 1.3.x
Le Tigre
scribus
Tue Mar 7 18:43:53 CET 2006
Louis Desjardins a ?crit :
> Hi Team!
>
> Is there a particular reason why in the new Insert menu we find the 2
> first options :
>
> Apostrophe [ ' ] (straight apostrophe)
> Straight double [ " ] (straight quotation mark)
>
> I am asking this question for 2 reasons:
>
> 1. These glyphs are readily accessible from many keyboard layouts (at
> least the ones I know).
>
> 2. The so-called "apostrophe" has been a typographic nightmare ever
> since DTP was born and even in the notes from Unicode officials, it
> is said that the recommended apostrophe in typography is the curved
> one. So why insist on that wrong apostrophe that is so easily
> accessible from the keyboard anyways? The same reason applies for the
> Straight double which is often used as quotes (guillemets) ... and is
> also a typographic nightmare!
>
> Say we take them out, the menu will look more attractive (less
> crowded) AND we will help users develop their taste for nice
> typography... :)
>
> Any thoughts? Maybe I'm missing something obvious or I look at this
> from my too narrow point of view (french typography) ?!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Louis
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Agree with Louis: we have to replace the wrong ' by the good ? in the
keyboard shortcuts meanwhile we'd like to have directly the good one
when typing ' (but it might be also because we write in French...)
Raphael
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